Stephen Harper's idea of secure borders and national security measures is to relinquish responsibility. He proposes that we “sacrifice a certain amount of sovereignty for the sake of trade and security and open borders” - NAFTA.
His plan of betrayal is called Fortress North America and will mean American military and security personnel will be deployed on our soil, on and under our waters and in our air space to 'protect' us and to protect American “national security interests.” What a comedy of errors from the First Clown of Canadian governance – Stephen “Harpo the Clown” Harper.
This is further evidence that Mr. Harper has no idea whatsoever about how to implement National Security measures that are Canadian and effective. We need to raise up and pay our own security forces by enlarging the size of our Armed Forces, our Border Security Forces, our Internal Security Forces and our Intelligence Forces.
Once trained and hired we can deploy them and other security forces to guard our borders, protect our people and resources and interests; and secure our democratic values, institutions and processes which guarantee our Liberties. We have the best Armed Forces personnel in the world. Why should we seek help from lesser soldiers with more violent values?
If once we invite American security forces to do our internal security jobs we will soon be wishing we still had authority to make independent decisions about our resources, our politics, our culture, our business ethos, and our society with its peaceful emphasis.
Look at Lebanon and Iraq and many other countries where Americans have come to help. They have been reduced to ruin and chaos by the best intentions in the world. Canada is too important a resource to put it at risk of careless destruction.
Because Stephen Harper does not know what to do he is convinced that no one else could possibly know how to do it: to do the Prime Minister's job right in accordance with current Administrative methods as taught in all great universities and in keeping with our Canadian Parliamentary traditions. He prefers shallow ideology to science and trustworthy and proven methodology and he has attacked our Liberties and Parliamentary system with great zeal.
Doing this Administration work and National Security planning requires a lifetime of diligent preparation and study of Administration and Governance, history and ideas and humanity and legislative methodology. Stephen Harper has not done that work!
Why doesn't the Prime Minister know? Lack of diligence and skills sets! He also has no Canadian military intelligence and it shows in his thuggish, undisciplined and disrespectful behaviour. So he passes responsibility to foreign powers instead of seeking Canadian solutions.
Mr. Harper seeks the easy way through this security blip on our large Canadian radar screen. He seeks a plan that agrees with and furthers his agenda to sell Canada to the lowest corporate bidder or give it away to his American backers. He has no plan whatsoever for the threats to Canada that are developing in the current Crisis.
Canada is MORE than GNP. We are a remarkable and valuable asset in a world of chaos and violence. I will stand up for and fight for our Canada and not his pale imitation.
Our people are exceptional in every way and this includes our Security Forces of all kinds and levels. We simply need leadership that knows how to implement and deploy them for our own national interests.
Mr. Harper wants to sell Canada for a bowl of stew - “ a bowl of pottage”. He seeks to steal and sell our collective heritage and I mean to stop him and deliver real Hope, first to Canadians, and then to all nations and people in the global community. I will need your help to do it.
Read the brief essay set Building The Canadian Dream and then help us to make that Dream real for all Canadians and for our families around the world. This is an easy and inexpensive plan. It is a dignified and independent action that will help to make the Canadian Dream real for generations to come.
This Plan utilizes that important core Principle of political leadership and economic philosophy of the 21st Century - Success with Less - more success with less investment. Am I the only one who sees how to do this? No more fake lakes! I want to see real lakes cleaned up instead.
We need a real home grown Canadian National Security Strategy that involves investing in Canadians to train them and give them real meaningful employment in our security net. We need to train and hire sufficient security and intelligence forces within our borders to protect ourselves and our neighbours who are stressed and stretched to the breaking point already. This will help to build and drive the new economic model of “Sustainability in all things.”
Presently we are in jeopardy from enemies and friends alike - and even from our Prime Minister and his government. This can be quickly and easily changed. The Plan I have in mind will result in strengthening our independent sovereignty and that of our neighbours, friends and allies. Any National Security Plan must include an Environmental Protection and Recovery component and our Plan covers that too.
Canada must provide an example and leadership and not simply bow and capitulate to other external forces, American or otherwise.
Canada First!
Peace Pays!
“Don't keep the peace...pass it on.”
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Showing posts with label Stephen Harper's Conservative Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephen Harper's Conservative Government. Show all posts
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Monday, December 28, 2009
A Hopeful Future for Canada - in Five Parts
Copenhagen and The Culture of Entitlement – Part 1 of 5
The last Liberal government was defeated under the shadow of them believing that they were entitled to some things. They were perceived as believing that they had an historic 'right' to govern; that they are “the natural governing party of Canada.”
They were caught up in the Sponsorship Scandal and after the subsequent inquiry the public came to the conclusion that a culture of entitlement had eroded the Liberal Party and the Liberal Government of Paul Martin.
Sadly on this day when the environmental treaty discussions in Copenhagen sought and failed to arrive at a global environmental and emissions agreement, the truth about the Canadian culture of entitlement has been laid bare. It was not Paul Martin's Liberals who invented this misapprehension of democracy. It is not only Stephen Harper's Conservative Government that now exercises the assumed 'rights' of the entitled.
The entire nation is being put under the spotlight of international media scrutiny and under an indictment of selfishness, self-indulgence, greed, carelessness, irresponsibility and waste that is rapidly eroding hope for the more vulnerable nations of the world.
But we will soon join them in their suffering and despair if we cannot abruptly abandon this misconception about our own worth and importance in the world context.
Environmental Criminals - Part 2
This week the world has branded Canada and Canadians as “environmental criminals” and sadly I fear they are right. I have tried to do my part to alert Canadians about this looming crisis, only to discover that the “culture of entitlement” does not begin with our governments.
Rather governments are a reflection of a population and we get governments like our selves. We are getting the kind of government we want and like. We are getting government that expresses who we really are - environmental criminals selfishly consuming the world's resources at an extraordinary rate while feeling jolly about ourselves.
This destructive culture is seen in the lifestyles of people who live frivolously in the fast lane, indulge themselves in the distractions of our culture, enter into business ventures that have little or no place in the real world...like Christmas tree farms! These people are out of touch with the Crisis that is threatening to destroy them, their families and all that they know about in their entitled place in the world. They are out of touch with Reality!
Canadians must change if we are going to get the kind of government we want going forward. For democracy is government of the people, for the people, by the people.
Canada has slid fast and hard into the gutter of history and into the bad books of our international neighbours. We have gone from first to worst in the environmental area after a few short years of Mr. Harper's Conservative government.
We are wasting away the hope of the world while we play video games, watch movies, acquire TOYS, grow fat on fast foods that give no nutrition and tell ourselves how wonderful [and deserving] we are.
The Roots of Entitlement - Part 3
Stephen Harper's Government did not create this problem, They simply represent Canadians in the way Canadians want and believe they deserve at this point. “They” are not the problem. “We” are the problem.
But we can also change and solve this historic problem. Canadians can rise up and confront this challenge. We can become part of the Solution rather than the poison tip of the arrow that kills millions without consciousness or conscience.
Almost all Canadians share this attitude of entitlement. Perhaps there are a few [like David Suzuki] who understand how the rest of the world must live in distress in order to support and sustain our greedy lifestyle and sense of entitlement. We must all reflect carefully or live with the dire consequences that will come from inaction.
This Culture of Entitlement is widespread in Canada and it blinds Canadians to the suffering of others...in spite of our compassion and reputation for generosity. We are an oil ghetto and we think we can afford to be generous. But we are causing some of the big problems that we so generously try to help relieve after we have done the damage.
Democratic Representation - Part 4
The tar sands of Alberta is one example of the blight we are creating that touches all people everywhere. Canadians have an environmental foot print that is twenty times bigger than most people who live on the planet.
We are using more than our fair share because we believe we are entitled to it. What exactly makes it so and what makes us believe this nonsense? Is it the Invisible Hand of the Market? LOL No it's irresponsible choices!
Also, Stephen Harper IS representing his constituents. Calgary Center is the home of some of the big oil companies' head offices. He seems to think that since THEY elected him he should do as they please. It actually makes democratic sense at some twisted primitive level.
Here is a comment from the Polaris Institute about that. "Mark Rudolph, a 20-year veteran lobbyist who represents Suncor Energy Inc. and Shell Canada Ltd. in Ottawa, said that lobbying the province of Alberta is virtually unnecessary since, he said, the government is entirely on the industry's side. Alberta, in effect, represents the single most powerful lobby in Ottawa, according to Rudolph." from Big oil's relentless lobby
I believe that much of this attitude about entitlement derives from our colonial history. In large part we have attempted to transcend this sad backdrop to our present prosperity. Our First Nations peoples have felt the hot whip of European and others peoples' sense of entitlement and often still do.
Repentance and Change – Part 5
We need to quickly embark in a different direction. In my Christian faith we call this kind of directional/behavioural/ethical change of direction Repentance. Canada, which sometimes fancies itself a “Christian nation”, should stop, look, and repent. We must change direction 180 degrees for the sake of our brothers and sisters and our human family of today and tomorrow.
I hope you will join me in building The Canadian Dream of sustainability in all things, coupled with freedom, justice, compassion and prosperity in the new emerging economy of environmental responsibility. We can do this but we can only do it together. Once we begin the world will line up to help us.
We obviously need a change of direction and this will require a change of government. Canada and Canadians need new leadership that is appropriate for the realities of the 21st Century. See my other blog posts linked below about the kind of Leadership I believe we need in this dark and desperate hour in history.
This is Urgent stuff that shapes our actions and reputation in the world.
Peace Pays!
"Don't keep the peace...pass it on."
Building The Canadian Dream blog - three Leadership post links
http://thecanadiandream.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-survive-leadership-2.html
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The last Liberal government was defeated under the shadow of them believing that they were entitled to some things. They were perceived as believing that they had an historic 'right' to govern; that they are “the natural governing party of Canada.”
They were caught up in the Sponsorship Scandal and after the subsequent inquiry the public came to the conclusion that a culture of entitlement had eroded the Liberal Party and the Liberal Government of Paul Martin.
Sadly on this day when the environmental treaty discussions in Copenhagen sought and failed to arrive at a global environmental and emissions agreement, the truth about the Canadian culture of entitlement has been laid bare. It was not Paul Martin's Liberals who invented this misapprehension of democracy. It is not only Stephen Harper's Conservative Government that now exercises the assumed 'rights' of the entitled.
The entire nation is being put under the spotlight of international media scrutiny and under an indictment of selfishness, self-indulgence, greed, carelessness, irresponsibility and waste that is rapidly eroding hope for the more vulnerable nations of the world.
But we will soon join them in their suffering and despair if we cannot abruptly abandon this misconception about our own worth and importance in the world context.
Environmental Criminals - Part 2
This week the world has branded Canada and Canadians as “environmental criminals” and sadly I fear they are right. I have tried to do my part to alert Canadians about this looming crisis, only to discover that the “culture of entitlement” does not begin with our governments.
Rather governments are a reflection of a population and we get governments like our selves. We are getting the kind of government we want and like. We are getting government that expresses who we really are - environmental criminals selfishly consuming the world's resources at an extraordinary rate while feeling jolly about ourselves.
This destructive culture is seen in the lifestyles of people who live frivolously in the fast lane, indulge themselves in the distractions of our culture, enter into business ventures that have little or no place in the real world...like Christmas tree farms! These people are out of touch with the Crisis that is threatening to destroy them, their families and all that they know about in their entitled place in the world. They are out of touch with Reality!
Canadians must change if we are going to get the kind of government we want going forward. For democracy is government of the people, for the people, by the people.
Canada has slid fast and hard into the gutter of history and into the bad books of our international neighbours. We have gone from first to worst in the environmental area after a few short years of Mr. Harper's Conservative government.
We are wasting away the hope of the world while we play video games, watch movies, acquire TOYS, grow fat on fast foods that give no nutrition and tell ourselves how wonderful [and deserving] we are.
The Roots of Entitlement - Part 3
Stephen Harper's Government did not create this problem, They simply represent Canadians in the way Canadians want and believe they deserve at this point. “They” are not the problem. “We” are the problem.
But we can also change and solve this historic problem. Canadians can rise up and confront this challenge. We can become part of the Solution rather than the poison tip of the arrow that kills millions without consciousness or conscience.
Almost all Canadians share this attitude of entitlement. Perhaps there are a few [like David Suzuki] who understand how the rest of the world must live in distress in order to support and sustain our greedy lifestyle and sense of entitlement. We must all reflect carefully or live with the dire consequences that will come from inaction.
This Culture of Entitlement is widespread in Canada and it blinds Canadians to the suffering of others...in spite of our compassion and reputation for generosity. We are an oil ghetto and we think we can afford to be generous. But we are causing some of the big problems that we so generously try to help relieve after we have done the damage.
Democratic Representation - Part 4
The tar sands of Alberta is one example of the blight we are creating that touches all people everywhere. Canadians have an environmental foot print that is twenty times bigger than most people who live on the planet.
We are using more than our fair share because we believe we are entitled to it. What exactly makes it so and what makes us believe this nonsense? Is it the Invisible Hand of the Market? LOL No it's irresponsible choices!
Also, Stephen Harper IS representing his constituents. Calgary Center is the home of some of the big oil companies' head offices. He seems to think that since THEY elected him he should do as they please. It actually makes democratic sense at some twisted primitive level.
Here is a comment from the Polaris Institute about that. "Mark Rudolph, a 20-year veteran lobbyist who represents Suncor Energy Inc. and Shell Canada Ltd. in Ottawa, said that lobbying the province of Alberta is virtually unnecessary since, he said, the government is entirely on the industry's side. Alberta, in effect, represents the single most powerful lobby in Ottawa, according to Rudolph." from Big oil's relentless lobby
I believe that much of this attitude about entitlement derives from our colonial history. In large part we have attempted to transcend this sad backdrop to our present prosperity. Our First Nations peoples have felt the hot whip of European and others peoples' sense of entitlement and often still do.
Repentance and Change – Part 5
We need to quickly embark in a different direction. In my Christian faith we call this kind of directional/behavioural/ethical change of direction Repentance. Canada, which sometimes fancies itself a “Christian nation”, should stop, look, and repent. We must change direction 180 degrees for the sake of our brothers and sisters and our human family of today and tomorrow.
I hope you will join me in building The Canadian Dream of sustainability in all things, coupled with freedom, justice, compassion and prosperity in the new emerging economy of environmental responsibility. We can do this but we can only do it together. Once we begin the world will line up to help us.
We obviously need a change of direction and this will require a change of government. Canada and Canadians need new leadership that is appropriate for the realities of the 21st Century. See my other blog posts linked below about the kind of Leadership I believe we need in this dark and desperate hour in history.
This is Urgent stuff that shapes our actions and reputation in the world.
Peace Pays!
"Don't keep the peace...pass it on."
Building The Canadian Dream blog - three Leadership post links
http://thecanadiandream.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-to-survive-leadership-2.html
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